Two new studies suggest a step toward a future where stem cells can be used to repair or prevent damage to the brain, ...

"Even at the first stages of object perception, the neurons are sensitive to much more complex visual stimuli than had previously been believed, and that capability is informed by feedback from higher ...

The human brain depends on a steady stream of energy to keep its complex network of neurons and support cells functioning.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease based on the iconic 1930s New York Yankee baseball player ...

New research reveals that neurons in the visual cortex are far more adaptable than previously thought, responding dynamically to complex stimuli during object recognition tasks.

Our brains begin to create internal representations of the world around us from the first moment we open our eyes. We ...

Newly identified neurons process multiple food cues to determine when an animal should stop eating, offering new clues into ...

Scientists create models by transplanting human brain cells culled from stem cells into the brains of animals such as mice, ...

Brad Smith, of Arizona, has become the first person with ALS to receive a brain implant from Neuralink as part of an ongoing clinical trial.

Rachel Wolfson, assistant professor of cell biology in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School, began studying ...

Scientists from the University of Maryland School of Medicine have made an important discovery about how children’s brains ...

Neural networks power today’s AI boom. To understand them, all we need is a map, a cat and a few thousand dimensions.